​We deliver an extensive range of grades and products with local processing capability for variety of segments including consumer goods, medical, construction and architecture, distributors as well as general sheet metal fabrication.

We can deliver a broad range of grades from standard and high austenitic, ferritic and martensitic grades. These are complemented by a wide range of duplex and high temperature materials.

Locally, our Business Development team bring their high level of technical and applications experience to solve your material problems. All of which means you’re sure to find a product to meet your requirements.

Outokumpu is the only dedicated cold rolled stainless steel coil service centre operating in Australia

Our local coil processing Service Centre in Melbourne can provide high quality cut-to-length processed sheets, as well as polished surfaces in both coil and sheet form.

Outokumpu products offer long-term performance

​Our group has developed a full range of special grades of stainless steel for higher corrosion resistance and high temperature applications, as well as for other tailor made applications. The development of high performance materials comes from our desire to build and make products that pass the test of time.

Outokumpu. Your partner in meeting the opportunities of global megatrends.

​As the inventors of stainless steel, we are able to apply over 100 years of technical expertise. Our commitment to technical innovation and the development of new grades support our customers in finding new opportunities in global megatrends: climate change & limited resources, increasing mobility & urbanisation and economic & population growth.

Customer challenge: Building a better, brighter, more brilliant biogas tank.​German company Borger has traditionally built biogas tanks out of cement or enamelled, Zinc-coated or coated-carbon steel. However, they needed improved corrosion resistance due to the presence of hydrogen sulphide. strong>

Outokumpu innovation and solution
At first, Borger was considering austenitic stainless steel, until Outokumpu recommended the new lean, duplex grade LDX2404. Lean duplex stainless steel is proving to be an ideal construction material for the new-generation biogas tanks. In addition to saving substantially on weight, Borger was able to make its tanks larger than ever before. LDX2404’s high strength allows Borger to use 25% less material to build massive, maintenance-free tanks of over 5000 cubic metres capacity.

Climate change & limited resources ​

Customer challenge: It’s going to get hot inside Terrosol Energy’s TGmasolar Concentrating Solar Power Plant in Sevilla, Spain. This is the world’s first commercial central-tower heliostat plant. They required a tank to store molten salts used in the electricity generating process. These molten salts reach temperatures above 550°C.

Outokumpu innovation and solution
The heat resistance of grade 347H was identified as an ideal material. Outokumpu was approached for the technical expertise needed to understand how this grade performs above 550°C. Outokumpu specialists provided the required data, recommended corrosion and stress relief tests be conducted and provided insights into the optimal welding procedures. 347H was chosen for the 23-metre diameter x 14 metre tall tank.

Increasing mobility & urbanisation ​

Customer challenge: The sky is not the limit with China’s highest skyscraper: Ping An. The challenge was to find an appropriate “standout” material for the façade of the world’s second tallest building. With its height of a staggering 660 metres, Ping An is expected to be completed in April 2016.

Outokumpu innovation and solution
Architects and designers Kohn Pederson Fox (KPF) chose Outokumpu 316L sheets with a textured pattern called Linen 25. KPF noted that Outokumpu stainless steel was durable in challenging conditions, delivering even longer project lifecycles. The mechanical properties allow for a thinner façade, as well as keeping the building insulated from both the elements and sound. Longevity, corrosion resistance, and solar reflective index were further benefits. 1700 tonnes will be supplied from the Dillenberg plant in Germany. Another 800 tonnes is required for the podium part of the building.

Outokumpu products offer long-term performance

​Our group has developed a full range of special grades of stainless steel for higher corrosion resistance and high temperature applications, as well as for other tailor made applications. The development of high performance materials comes from our desire to build and make products that pass the test of time.

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